Chapter 3 Universal Repeater Mode
WRE6505 User’s Guide
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3.3 What You Need to Know
With the exception of the
System Mode
other configuration screens in Universal Repeater mode
are similar to the ones in Access Point Mode. See
of this User’s Guide.
3.3.1 Setting your WRE6505 to Universal Repeater Mode
1
To use your WRE6505 as a universal repeater, see
.
2
Connect your computer to the LAN port of the WRE6505.
3
Open a web browser such as Internet Explorer and type http://zyxelsetup as the web address in
your web browser.
4
Enter “1234” (default) as the password and click
Login
.
5
Type a new password and retype it to confirm, then click
Apply
. Otherwise, click
Ignore
.
Note: You have to log in to the Web Configurator again when you change modes. As soon
as you do, your WRE6505 is already in Universal Repeater mode.
Note: If a client is connected to the WRE6505 through the wired Ethernet connection, the
client can only access the 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi. In the following figure, the LAN Client is
only able to communicate with devices in the 2.4 GHz wireless network.
Figure 6
Repeater Mode Overview
3.4 Universal Repeater Mode Status Screen
Click
to open the
Status
screen.
WRE
LAN Client
5 GHz
5 GHz AP
5 GHz
5 GHz
2.4 GHz AP
2.4 GHz
2.4 GHz
2.4 GHz
